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Pa n Vi ew
Activate a Perspective or Or thog raphic viewport. >
Viewport Navigation controls > Pan View
Keyboard > CTRL +P; I pans so the cursor location
becomes the ce n ter of the viewport.
Middle mouse button > Drag in the vie w p ort with the
middle mouse button for instant access to pan the
viewport.
Pan moves the view parallel to the current
viewport plane.
Pan is
modal (page 3–1067)
:itstaysactiveuntil
you right-click or select another command.
To co nstrain panning of any viewport to a single
axis, hold down the SHIFT key. The pan is
constrained to the axis you first move while the
SHIFT key is down.
To accelerate panning, hold down the CTRL key.
You can also pan by dragging in a viewport while
pressingthemiddlebuttonofathree-button
mouse. This lets you pan without turning on the
Pan button.
Pr ocedur es
To pan a viewport:
1.
Activate a Perspective or Orthographic
view por t, and then click Pan View.
2. Drag in the viewport in the direction you want
to move.
3. Press ESC or right-click to t urn off the button.
To pa n a non-Camera vi ewpor t:
1.
Activate a Perspective or Orthographic
viewport.
2. Do one of the following:
•
Click Pan View.
•PressCT R L +P .
• Press t he m iddle mouse button.
3. Drag in the viewport in the direction you want
to move, or use the arrow keys.
To accel era te panni ng:
•HolddowntheCTRLkeyasyoupan.
To constrain panning to a single axis:
•HolddowntheSHIFTkeyasyoupan.
The pan is constrained to the first axis you use.
If you drag vertically at first, the pan or orbit
is constrained to be vertical; if you drag
horizontally at first, the constraint is horizontal.
Ar c R otate Fly out
Activate a Perspective or Orthog raphic viewport. >
Viewport Navigation cont rols > Arc Rotate flyout
Keyboard > ALT+middle mouse button
TheArcRotateflyoutdisplaystheArcRotate
button, the Arc R otate Selected button, and the
Arc Rotate Sub-Object button. Use these to rotate
your viewpoint around the view.
For more information on these tools, see
Arc
Rotate, Arc Rotate Selected, Arc Rotate Sub-Object
(page 3–787)
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